Art as the Child of Nature
Investigating the Interplay between Human Society, Environment, and Artistic Production in Prehistoric Bronze Age Cyprus
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5091884 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Zuzana Chovanec (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 88 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 24-34 |
| Publication date | 2025-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Near Eastern Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1094-2076 • E-ISSN: 1557-5594 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/734591 |
| OpenAlex | W4409159572 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 14 |
This article presents research that examines how changing characteristics of the natural world were incorporated into ancient Cypriot art. A key objective is to synthesize and apply data pertaining to the distribution and socioeconomic uses of animals during the Bronze Age to analysis of their representation in Cypriot material culture. This permits trends in human-environment relationships to be examined, including characteristics of transported landscapes, changing attitudes toward the natural world, the evolution of artistic convention, and, more broadly, the interplay between human occupation, cultural production, and environmental impact in Cyprus during a period of increasing social, economic, and cultural integration. Preliminary observations pertaining to animal representations in the prehistoric Bronze Age in Cyprus are presented
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| Highly cited | No |
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